All things Goldberg, and beyond!: January 2007

Is there any nudity in it?

This is from "Extras", the post-"Office" show by Ricky Gervais. There is so much potential in Patrick Stewart's screenplay...

Whatzupwitu?

So Eddie Murphy hangs up his myriad of fat/old/woman/Jew disguises and sings in a musical ... and he's heading towards winning an Oscar for it. Well, before they snub Alan Arkin and give the award to Murphy, I think all Academy voters should be forced to watch this old chestnut from back in the day when Eddie was trying to be a pop star. It might help them put Dreamgirls into better perspective. I mean, what in the hell is going on in this thoroughly disturbing video? Eddie looks like he just stumbled out of the Blue Oyster Bar, and I'm not even going to speculate about why there are so many schoolboys in this thing...

I knew I recognized that sex offender!

I really liked "Little Children", and was pleasantly surprised to see that Jackie Earle Haley was nominated today for best supporting actor for the role of Ronnie. Although he looked familiar to me while watching the movie, I only today understood why...

It actually doesn't seem that far-fetched that Kelly from "Bad News Bears", or even Moocher from "Breaking Away", could have grown up to be Ronnie.

Criswell Predicts!

By channeling the spirit of The Amazing Criswell, I will now predict, with uncanny accuracy, tomorrow's Academy Award nominations...

BEST PICTURE:
Babel
The Departed
Dreamgirls
Little Miss Sunshine
The Queen

BEST DIRECTOR:
Guillermo Del Toro, Pan's Labyrinth
Stephen Frears, The Queen
Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu, Babel
Paul Greengrass, United 93
Martin Scorsese, The Departed

BEST ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE:
Sacha Baron Cohen, Borat
Leonardo DiCaprio, The Departed
Peter O'Toole, Venus
Will Smith, The Pursuit of Happyness
Forest Whitaker, The Last King of Scotland

BEST ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE:
Penelope Cruz, Volver
Judi Dench, Notes on a Scandal
Helen Mirren, The Queen
Meryl Streep, The Devil Wears Prada
Kate Winslet, Little Children

BEST ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE:
Alan Arkin, Little Miss Sunshine
Jackie Earle Haley, Little Children
Eddie Murphy, Dreamgirls
Brad Pitt, Babel
Mark Wahlberg, The Departed

BEST ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE:
Adriana Barraza, Babel
Cate Blanchett, Notes on a Scandal
Abigail Breslin, Little Miss Sunshine
Jennifer Hudson, Dreamgirls
Rinko Kikuchi, Babel

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY:
Babel
Little Miss Sunshine
The Queen
Pan's Labyrinth
United 93

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY:
Borat
Children of Men
The Departed
The Devil Wears Prada
Little Children

BEST EDITING:
Babel
The Departed
Dreamgirls
The Queen
United 93

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY:
Babel
Children of Men
Dreamgirls
Letters From Iwo Jima
Pan's Labyrinth

You're gonna love me!

It is definitely funny, but also pretty impressive in what Jake Gyllenhaal is able to belt out. The cowboy who can barely keep his hat on at the end of the song is amazing, too. Watch this before NBC's lawyers inevitably yank this off Youtube, so that viral videos can spread the way they were intended...only on NBC's web site.